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Theodore "Teddy" Altman | Young Avengers 2/3
"If you think about it… There's no such thing as normal. Normal doesn't exist. Every single person on the planet is entirely different from every other person on the planet. Which means you can be average. You can even be typical. But kids don't end up killing themselves – or taking guns to school – because they want to be typical. They want to be normal. More than anything. And until very recently… So did I."
If there's one thing Teddy Altman is not, it's normal. Not only is he gay in a society where that sort of thing is not the norm, but he is also a shapeshifting alien who was raised on earth by a surrogate mother who sold real estate, and is the son of Captain Mar-vell, a Kree hero, and Anelle, the Skrull emperor's daughter, essentially making him next in line to the throne, though he refused time after time, and is really named Dorrek VIII. In every sense of the word, Teddy is not normal in the slightest.
And so, for years, he tried his best to be that. It didn't go so well, leading to him being used for his powers thanks to him being so desperate to be liked and one of the guys. But it may have lead to the best thing that ever happened to him, that being getting enrolled into the Young Avengers team.
It was only after that that he started to see himself as someone who wasn't normal and was okay with it. Because he was with a group of kids who were just as crazy as he was, some physically, some emotionally. And you know what? That's what made them so great, that's what made them heroes. They were a bunch of not normal kids who were doing what they loved, fighting crime and being super heroes.
These days, Teddy is very comfortable with who and what he is, even though the "what" came after quite a lot of hardships and attempted kidnappings. There are some things that he's a little reserved about: his looks, for one. Not that he ever openly talks about it, but as a shape shifter, he went through his life constantly changing to try to fit into society's standards. For Greg and his friends, he became tall and muscular with short hair, and he seemed to only be useful when he was someone else, not just himself. It was, as he said, only until recently that he started to be more comfortable just being him, and that's thanks to not only the Young Avengers, but also largely to his boyfriend, Billy.
Though it's because he's a shape shifter that his personality is somewhat chameleon-like, shifting to suit the situation or what he thinks might be best. When he needs to be patient, he's patient. When he needs to be angry, oh hell, he's angry. Of course, there are some things he won't bend for, but generally, he has a remarkable ability to pick up on emotions and shape himself to handle it, whether it means to be someone's shoulder to cry on or to be the protective hulk that his idiot boyfriend needs sometimes. That's not to say his emotions are fake; they're very real. He just knows when to show it and when to keep it back. In a sense, it ties into how we only see him cry once, and not when his mother died in front of his eyes, but when the conflict was finally over, and he had the opportunity to sprinkle her ashes into the wind.
"What are you doing?" "Saving your life. Don't make me regret it."
Teddy can be shown to have incredible patience and very calm unless pushed. He's usually the one with the cooler head, or the one in the background commenting on whatever is going on, whether it be an argument between his friends or Billy's parents nearly finding out that he's a super hero, or trying to keep the peace when an argument breaks out. Even in most tense situations, like dealing with the one who murdered his mother without losing his temper or his patience, in fact even holding Billy back from doing such a thing, he's able to push aside whatever negative emotions he's feeling to get the information that he needs and figure out what's going on that way. Not that he's happy about doing such things, as mentioned in the quote above. But it's gotten him to learn who and what he is without as much hassle as there could have been. He can even deal with super villains, work with them to an extent as long as it's not for evil things, and hold his tongue unless something is just clearly bothering him, ala working with the Maximoff family until continued stupidity from Billy makes him lose it. And even then, he keeps his cool during it.
Another good example is when he sees someone who is supposedly Captain Mar-Vell, and Billy stops him and mentions how his mother was burned alive right in front of him. All Teddy does is look away and say Billy's name before the latter realizes what he's done and apologizes, and it's never mentioned again. He can tell when someone's just throwing words to try to get him to do what they want, or to make him think a little harder about something. He knows they don't really mean it in that case. Still stings, yes, but it's not something to lose one's cool over.
"But if you somehow manage to convince my idiot boyfriend to go with you… I will rip your legs off. Do we understand each other, Pietro?"
Hohoho, but just because Teddy's patient doesn't mean that he doesn't get angry. One of the things that Billy's comments on when describing Teddy is that he can lose his temper, doesn't listen, and can be impatient at times (though all he's doing is talking about his bad points). This is mostly just to fit the situation; Back up there with the Super Skrull, when the Skrulls and the Kree start to fight each other, Teddy throws all advice to the wind and throws himself into the middle of it with the thought that maybe he can stop it, and he doesn't take any other option. When Teddy is fixed on an idea, he's very set on it, so much that he doesn't think of any other way unless he's forcibly sat down and told why his is a bad idea and why these other ones might be good. It's almost what Captain America had to do when he had to explain to Teddy that he had a more important job for him than breaking the prisoners of Civil War, one of them being Billy, out. It's mostly when a situation is desperate and pulling way too hard on Teddy's emotions that he pushes all else aside and focuses on what he thinks needs to be done right then and right there.
Most of Teddy's anger reveals itself when Billy is threatened or is about to do something very stupid. Not only has he threatened bodily harm to someone like Pietro, but he's also very quietly threatened Captain America, of all people, saying that he and Billy are partners and that if something happened to him, their biggest concern would be Teddy. To a lesser extent, his friends draw out his protective instincts as well, but Billy is the one that triggers everything to make him panic and get angry. In a sense, Teddy's anger can be compared to that of a cobra. It's very restrained and calm, but very deadly. When he's angry, he makes himself larger and much more imposing, poised and ready to strike. There's a chance he won't attack, or bite in this case, but one would know well enough to back the hell off. The fact that he's been able to talk down just about everyone he threatens, including Magneto's son Pietro, shows just how good Teddy is at this.
"My real name is Teddy Altman. I've got super strength… I don't hulk out, if that's what you mean. At least not any more than most sixteen-year-olds."
Teddy has quite a range of powers thanks to his genetics. The Skrull side gives him the ability to shape shift, changing hair colors and styles, skin color, appearance entirely, even turning limbs into objects such as a rock, or having spikes come out of it. He also has an accelerated rate of healing, and if his vital organs are in danger, they'll automatically shift out of the way. It also gives him super hearing. The Kree side gives him super strength, something that's added on by his Skrull physiology. When he's in battle, he turns big, imposing and green, almost like the Hulk himself. This has given him the codename "Hulkling", which has stuck with him since the very beginning.
"Witnesses claim … That Teen-Hulk was very polite – "
Now, all of this seems to paint Teddy as a cool-headed fellow who can be deadly when he wants to be. And sure, that's true, but the core of Teddy's personality is the fact that he's very polite and something of a sweetheart. In the very first issue, as a fire burns through an apartment, Teddy's the one who grabs a girl's doll and hands it to her, knelt down and reassuring. And when Cassie passes out from first discovering her powers, Teddy's the one who 's holding her hand rather than standing there in shock. And even after the rest of the Avengers continuously try to break their group up and take them down, he still treats them with utmost respect. He can be sarcastic and witty, have a somewhat dry sense of humor, and able to give out compliments even in the face of embarrassment. His response to Cassie, an intruder at the time, throwing Eli over her shoulder was, "That was awesome. Sorry, Patriot."
That's one of the things that makes Teddy so damn likable. In the words of his own boyfriend, "You're kind. You're generous. You threaten to maim people for me." He's a supportive friend, always being there to listen or talk, whatever he needs to be for that person. It's not really that he shapes himself and is never himself, though; it's just who he is. Someone who's very controlled and shifting to fit what's needed for the situation. At his core, though, he's kind, generous, stubborn, polite, incredibly devoted, quick to anger even in a controlled state, calm and humorous.
"Heh. When I was nine all I cared about was Pokemon." "Po – " "The opposite of training to be a warrior."
Oh yes, and he's also a huge geek and a total dork about most things, and it's a large part of him. Usually he's right there with Billy quietly muttering about how he can't believe something's happening, but he's a little quieter about it than his boyfriend. He's into comics and other super heroes, tv shows, western animation and anime, and especially video games. Get him on the subject and he can talk for hours about it, provided the other person is willing to hear it or knows what he's talking about. Otherwise, he'll keep it short and sweet without any offense, like his conversation with Captain Mar-vell above. Of course, this is why talks with Billy tend to last for a very long time, and why they can talk about anything with each other as well as being mutually awed by whatever might happen. It's also why he can tease Billy about being even geekier than he is at times ("Norse Nerd."). Geeks in love, yes.